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Aubameyang benched for the fourth time in six Premier League games

Everton face Arsenal in the only Premier League match taking place today, with kick-off at Goodison Park at 14:05 BST.

There were no shocks in the Toffees’ original line-up as Marco Silva unsurprisingly named the same starting XI that dominated in the 2-0 win over West Ham United last weekend.

However, Michael Keane took ill in the warm-up and has been replaced by Phil Jagielka at centre-half.

There are some noteworthy inclusions and omissions in Unai Emery’s team, however.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is named among the substitutes for the fourth time in Arsenal’s last six Premier League matches, as Alexandre Lacazette ploughs a lone furrow as the central striker in a 3-4-2-1.

Mesut Ozil starts his first away league game of 2019 and is joined by Henrikh Mkhitaryan in the attacking midfield positions, with the Armenia international taking the place of Alex Iwobi.

Aaron Ramsey has recovered from a minor groin injury but is only on the bench, so Mohamed Elneny gets a rare start in central midfield.

Granit Xhaka and Laurent Koscielny aren’t fit enough to feature, while Lucas Torreira serves the final match of a three-game ban.

Lacazette is among the form forwards in FPL, having delivered an attacking return in each of his last six appearances.

The French striker also scored – along with Aubameyang – in the reverse fixture back in September.

Arsenal haven’t recorded a clean sheet away from home all season, however.

Only Manchester City (eight) have kept more top-flight shut-outs than Everton (six) in 2019.

Four of the Toffees’ clean sheets have come in the last five Gameweeks.

No FPL player priced below £9.0m has scored more Premier League goals than Gylfi Sigurdsson or Richarlison (12 each) this season, meanwhile.

Everton XI (4-2-3-1): Pickford, Coleman, Jagielka, Zouma, Digne, Gomes, Gueye, Bernard, Sigurdsson, Richarlison, Calvert-Lewin.

Arsenal XI (3-4-2-1): Leno, Mustafi, Sokratis, Monreal, Maitland-Niles, Elneny, Guendouzi, Kolasinac, Özil, Mkhitaryan, Lacazette.

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  1. DR0GBA
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 18 days ago

    Auba coming on

    Kola subbed

  2. Forza Papac
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 18 days ago

    Elneny and Kola OFF

    Rambo and Auba ON

  3. Pat Bonner
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 18 days ago

    Kolasinac and elmeny off for Aubameyang and Ramsey

  4. RamaJama
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 18 days ago

    Who do you prefer on WC this GW/BB GW 35?

    A) Doucoure
    B) Jota (Also have Jimmy and Doherty)

    1. Pep's Money Laundry
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 18 days ago

      A

  5. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 18 days ago

    Decoure & Jota auditions?

    1. Tsparkes10
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 18 days ago

      Both passed

    2. Dannyb
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 18 days ago

      Absolutely

    3. RamaJama
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 18 days ago

      Who would you have?

  6. Niho992
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 18 days ago

    Kolasinac OUT

  7. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 18 days ago

    Kola gone....

  8. Holmes
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 18 days ago

    Kola train derailed

    1. RamaJama
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 18 days ago

      Why? Ready for dgw

  9. King Henrik
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 18 days ago

    Ramabamayang on.

  10. Differential C (Mark)
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 18 days ago

    Dat man Auba and Rambo on. Elneny and kola off.

  11. Tsparkes10
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 18 days ago

    Like the look of Firminho Robo and Mane on wc?

    1. JohnnyMagrinho
        5 years, 18 days ago

        Who is Firminho?

    2. Ógie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 18 days ago

      Alex Scott must be a non Kola owner saying that "it is a great substitution"

    3. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 18 days ago

      Kola 1pter. Lovely. Now just need a Laca blank and this Everton clean sheet ruined and it will be a good result.

      1. Hotdogs for Tea
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 18 days ago

        ^this ... plus a few red cards and suspensions

    4. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 18 days ago

      Those subs not good for the Digne CS potential 🙁

    5. Hotdogs for Tea
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 18 days ago

      Kola subbed ... get the beep out of my WC team 🙂

      1. Pat Bonner
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 18 days ago

        That didn’t take long

        1. Hotdogs for Tea
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 18 days ago

          Ok I will get him back 🙂

    6. PepSala
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 18 days ago

      Fab
      Taa Robbo Doherty
      Son sterling Salah tielemans Fraser
      Kane(c) Barnes

      Speroni. Rondon AWB bednarek

      No wildcard left..plan to bench boost in GW35. Anything worth a hit?

    7. THE SHEEP HUNTERS
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 18 days ago

      Gunners! Pffft.

      More like cheap water pistols, just a bunch of wet blankets and the manager's a turd.

    8. Big_Andy_GAWA
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 18 days ago

      Kola away off. **** right off!!!!

    9. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 18 days ago

      Kola rested, right?

      1. Naboo
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 18 days ago

        Tactical

      2. gilean
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 18 days ago

        Looks like a tactical sacrifice

    10. Holmes
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 18 days ago

      There can be only one Kola in league and his name is Kolarov!!!

      1. Differential C (Mark)
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 18 days ago

        Kolasinac the Bosnian fraud.

      2. tucaoneo
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 18 days ago

        Oh plz don't make this about Serbia vs Bosnia.

    11. Mr. O'Connell
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 18 days ago

      Another 50:50 goes wrong this season. Arsenal will not be touched on WC. Awful side

      1. Dannyb
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 18 days ago

        This, i dont even want Laca anymore.

      2. Poseidon.
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 18 days ago

        They actually make me sick

    12. Jafooli
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 18 days ago

      Anyone thinking Mendy on wildcard?

      1. Holmes
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 18 days ago

        Nope, Laporte or Vertonghen

      2. Hotdogs for Tea
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 18 days ago

        No, bad choice, avoid like the plague 😉

      3. Mr. O'Connell
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 18 days ago

        If he's on the autocomplete team I'll have him as that's how I plan on doing the WC

        1. Jafooli
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 18 days ago

          😛

      4. Big_Andy_GAWA
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 18 days ago

        Suspected he might be *slightly* less cost than 6.1 mill.

    13. fr3d
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 18 days ago

      Kola and Leno in majority of WC drafts 😆

      1. Rainer
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 18 days ago

        That double up looking juicy 😆

    14. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 18 days ago

      39 second half goals in the PL for Arsenal. Only Liverpool have scored more (43).

    15. Differential C (Mark)
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 18 days ago

      Rambo misses from close range. Shouldve buried it.

    16. JohnnyMagrinho
        5 years, 18 days ago

        People on here apparently think football managers will never change the formation/players to fit a certain type of game.

        Deulofeu might be seen as a better impact sub for this game.

        Gracia wants two out and out strikers on the pitch. Thinks Hughes & Pereyra better suited to this game. Maybe Deulofeu didn’t train as well.

        Always baffles me how quick people are to jump into this rhetoric where they know better than the team manager and knee jerk into making a decision about a Fantasy transfer.

        Truly baffling.

        1. Richd
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 18 days ago

          Well Deeney already stated last week in an interview that he likes playing up top with Gray

          Writing was on the wall.

      • dvdguy
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 18 days ago

        That's Leno and Kola out of my WC team

        1. Mr. O'Connell
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 18 days ago

          Wouldn't be surprised if he subbed Leno at half time

      • drughi
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 18 days ago

        meh I think I'll keep Doherty over getting Kolasinac

        1. Niho992
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 18 days ago

          Sure.

        2. Pierce34
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 18 days ago

          Not sure he'll be any more rotation-proof given Wolves' history in a packed timetable.

          1. dvdguy
            • 8 Years
            5 years, 18 days ago

            Praying they get knocked out of the FA Cup tonight

            1. Pierce34
              • 8 Years
              5 years, 18 days ago

              The final itself might not impact much given that it's after the end of the season, but Nuno sure likes to keep those wing-backs fresh in general.

      • Niho992
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 18 days ago

        Are you considering Spurs defenders on WC? No place for Lloris in my side and i think others can be rested...

        1. Rainer
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 18 days ago

          Want 3, close watch vs City needed.

          1. Niho992
            • 5 Years
            5 years, 18 days ago

            We need to City trash them right in first game

      • Do I Not Like Orange
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 18 days ago

        Not sure I can trust any of these gooners on my WC.